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Core i9-12950HX

Average Bench: 107% (51st of 1445)

Based on 578 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00090672 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12950HX
Poor: 103%Average: 107% Great: 110%
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 108%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 119%
UFO

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Core i9-12950HX averaged 6.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i9-12950HX near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 2,203Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 743Pts

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i9-12950HX is just 6.78%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i9-12950HX performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 74Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 1,308Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 578 samples)
Rank 51107%
Min Avg Max
68.9 Memory 74 78.8
183 1-Core 198 207
366 2-Core 388 403
113% 220 Pts
Min Avg Max
712 4-Core 743 772
1,164 8-Core 1,308 1,405
124% 1,026 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,936 64-Core 2,203 2,509
136% 2,203 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
112% Outstanding
Memory 76.5
1-Core 204
2-Core 403
117% 228 Pts
4-Core 783
8-Core 1,442
133% 1,113 Pts
64-Core 2,438
151% 2,438 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
108% Outstanding
Memory 73.6
1-Core 198
2-Core 391
114% 221 Pts
4-Core 760
8-Core 1,418
130% 1,089 Pts
64-Core 2,436
151% 2,436 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
103% Outstanding
Memory 73.8
1-Core 203
2-Core 390
115% 222 Pts
4-Core 708
8-Core 1,240
118% 974 Pts
64-Core 2,203
136% 2,203 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
98% Outstanding
Memory 70
1-Core 192
2-Core 343
106% 202 Pts
4-Core 673
8-Core 1,247
115% 960 Pts
64-Core 2,018
125% 2,018 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
97.7% Outstanding
Memory 78.3
1-Core 197
2-Core 355
111% 210 Pts
4-Core 628
8-Core 982
99% 805 Pts
64-Core 1,808
112% 1,808 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
92.1% Outstanding
Memory 75.6
1-Core 182
2-Core 321
103% 193 Pts
4-Core 580
8-Core 1085
99% 833 Pts
64-Core 1,766
109% 1,766 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 68.8
1-Core 156
2-Core 318
94% 181 Pts
4-Core 584
8-Core 927
93% 755 Pts
64-Core 1,428
88% 1,428 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,865,846 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 20%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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System: Dell Precision 7670

CPU
Core i9-12950HXIntelBench 107%, 578 samples150x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 8%, 5,195 samples270x
RTX A2000 8GB Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 56%, 905 samples72x
RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 92%, 280 samples70x
SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples50x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples48x
PC801 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 295%, 1,575 samples47x
RAM
KV3H4X-HYM-I 1x31GBUnknownBench 129%, 380 samples209x
K467XP-HYM-I 1x31GBUnknownBench 140%, 334 samples86x
HMCG78MEBSA092N 2x16GBUnknownBench 128%, 1,984 samples53x
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Excellent

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